Build root prepared by DNF is way larger
Michael Šimáček
msimacek at redhat.com
Tue Aug 18 14:52:10 UTC 2015
On 2015-08-18 16:32, Vít Ondruch wrote:
> Dne 18.8.2015 v 16:26 Vít Ondruch napsal(a):
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Today, I noticed that mock build root prepared by DNF is significantly
>> larger then prepared by YUM (see attached logs). Owners of packages
>> installed into minimal buildroot probably wants to review their
>> dependency chain.
>>
>> I also reported the issue against DNF [1] in case DNF guys wants to
>> improve this situation.
>>
>>
>> Vít
>>
>>
>>
>> [1] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1254634
>>
>
> Sorry, I attached wrong yum.log ... but you can find the correct one in
> the bug referenced above.
>
>
> Vít
>
The cause might be soft dependencies. dnf installs Recommends, while yum
ignores them. I think some packages in base buildroot are already using
them (gdb).
Michael
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